PAREGORIC


Meaning of PAREGORIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpa-rə-ˈgȯr-ik, -ˈgär- ]

noun

Etymology: French parégorique mitigating pain, from Late Latin paregoricus, from Greek parēgorikos, from parēgorein to talk over, soothe, from para- + agora assembly, from ageirein to gather

Date: circa 1827

: camphorated tincture of opium used especially to relieve pain

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